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Hassane El-Khoury became ON Semiconductor’s president and CEO on December 7, 2020, replacing Keith Jackson. The appointment also made El-Khoury a member of the board. Jackson left the CEO, president, and director roles that same day—months earlier than his originally announced retirement timing—and stayed on as a transition advisor through May 31, 2021.
When did El-Khoury replace Jackson?
The change took effect on December 7, 2020. ON Semiconductor’s board had approved El-Khoury’s appointment on December 3, subject to his signing an employment agreement. His appointment became effective when he signed it on December 7, according to the company’s SEC Form 8-K. The company announced that day that El-Khoury would serve as president, CEO, and a director.
Why did Jackson leave before May 2021?
Jackson had announced on August 31, 2020, that he planned to retire after ON Semiconductor’s May 2021 annual meeting. The board’s appointment of a successor changed the timing: Jackson retired as president and CEO and resigned from the board effective December 7, 2020. The 8-K describes his earlier plan and the accelerated departure once a successor had been named.
Jackson remained with the company as an advisor during the handover. His advisory service ended on May 31, 2021, according to the 2021 proxy statement. Thus, December 2020 was the leadership succession date; May 2021 marked the end of Jackson’s transition-advisor role.
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How was El-Khoury selected?
ON Semiconductor’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee engaged a third-party executive-search firm. The board reviewed the candidates presented and approved El-Khoury’s appointment, as described in the 2021 proxy statement. The company’s December 7 appointment announcement quoted board chairman Alan Campbell describing the process as a “comprehensive internal and external search process.”
What had El-Khoury done before joining ON Semiconductor?
El-Khoury was president and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor from August 2016 until April 2020, before Cypress was acquired by Infineon. He had joined Cypress earlier and held technical, product, business-unit, and business-development positions. Onsemi’s leadership biography also says he began his career as a senior design engineer at Continental Automotive Systems.
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The company’s 2020 announcement quoted El-Khoury saying that companies succeed when they use their people to solve customer challenges. He also pointed to ON Semiconductor’s markets, including automotive, industrial, cloud power, and IoT. These were statements made at the time of his appointment, not a later assessment of the company’s performance.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Who leads onsemi now?
El-Khoury’s appointment was a historical transition, but he remains identified as onsemi’s president and CEO in the company’s current leadership biography and its 2026 proxy statement. The company now styles its name as onsemi; the 2020 announcement used ON Semiconductor.
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